The GeDaBa includes all financial transfers from the Ministry of Agriculture to municipalities. It also provides data on agricultural and forestry farms (number, land, livestock, et cetera). Available data starts from 2000 and the database is updated annually.
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig recently launched “VISION 2028+”. It is the strategy for the future of our agriculture and rural areas. A dedicated website is now available for it.
Many people think of farmers above all as men. However, this understanding does not correspond to reality: More than one out of three farms in Austria is managed by a farm woman. Women play a much greater role in agriculture than many people think.
On 9 January 2019, the new digital agricultural soil map and its applications were presented in great detail in the Gobelinsaal of the Federal Ministry and the Austrian Research Centre for Forests. Interest in the event and thus the use of the new map was very high, not only among people from the agricultural sector. The hall was filled to the last seat.
